Cybercriminals continued to shift to stealthier tactics, with lower-profile credential theft spiking, while ransomware attacks on enterprises declined, according to IBM. Researchers observed an 84% increase in emails delivering infostealers in 2024 compared to the prior year, a method threat actors relied heavily on to scale identity attacks. 70% of attacks in 2024 involved critical infrastructure. In this subset, the use of valid accounts made up 31% of initial access vectors, followed by phishing and … More
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